As promised a few weeks ago, here are two views of my wing rotation jig that I used to hold the wings for finish construction and painting. The root is mounted using the WAFs attached to 2-inch aluminum angle bolted to a scrape of 1/2" plywood. A 1/2" bolt goes through the plywood and into another piece of plywood that is screw nailed to the heavy saw horse. The wing tip has a 5/16" bolt, washers and pipe nipple fastened in the aft wiring hole for the wing tip light fixture foundation. The wingtip lamp foundation has a 1/4" aircraft plywood plate floxed on the inside and has 6-32 anchor nutplates inside for the lamp screws. The wing tip pipe nipple rests on the edge of a steel angle screw-nailed to scrap 2x4s in turn screw-nailed to the packing crate the VW engine was shipped in. This jig works great for positioning the wing for painting and finishing tasks. A C-clamp at the wing base end secures the wing in any desired tilt angle. To install the wing tip lamp fixture, the jig needs to be removed. http://websites.expercraft.com/sidwood/images/185866534849dd498a3cb58.jp g http://websites.expercraft.com/sidwood/images/214062982149dd498a3f5ae.jp g
Sid Wood Tri-gear KR-2 N6242 Mechanicsville, MD, USA smw...@md.metrocast.net
